SERGEANT T. C. DERRICK, D.C.M., of Adelaide, led a South Australian unit, the first to enter Satelberg, on the Huon Peninsula in New Guinea. ■ After the decision to withdraw, Sergeant Derrick secured permission to launch a final attack in failing light up a steep slope. His unit met terrific resistance, but cleaned out six Japanese positions. The picture shows Sergeant Derrick attaching the Australian flag to a blasted tree at Satelberg.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 295, 13 December 1943, Page 2
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71SERGEANT T. C. DERRICK, D.C.M., of Adelaide, led a South Australian unit, the first to enter Satelberg, on the Huon Peninsula in New Guinea. ■ After the decision to withdraw, Sergeant Derrick secured permission to launch a final attack in failing light up a steep slope. His unit met terrific resistance, but cleaned out six Japanese positions. The picture shows Sergeant Derrick attaching the Australian flag to a blasted tree at Satelberg. Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 295, 13 December 1943, Page 2
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